Local Business Notes - Trusst Builder Group, Sea Coast to share building

Tuesday

Jan 28, 2014 at 5:34 PM

LELAND | Trusst Builder Group and Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage Realty have purchased a 6,250-square-foot office building at 481 Olde Waterford Way in Leland. Trusst will lease 2,500 square feet of the building and relocate its sales office and design center from its current location in the Magnolia Greens retail center. Coldwell Banker Sea Coast will relocate its northern Brunswick County sales office to the building's remaining 3,750 square feet, the companies said.In August 2012, Trusst formed an exclusive marketing alliance with Coldwell Banker Sea Coast to market all of its homes in its featured neighborhoods.Trusst has 60 homes now under construction in Brunswick County in Brunswick Forest, Hearthstone and Ashton Place in Leland and Compass Pointe, also in in Brunswick County.

WILMINGTON | The Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors has hired Shane Johnson as its leader of governmental affairs."Lawmakers create new laws every day and it is critical that we maintain vigilance to stop any encroachment on property or homeowner rights," WRAR President Jody Wainio said in a statement. Johnson's work experience includes service on the White House staff during the Reagan administration, operation of a law practice for several years and, most recently, a consulting firm that specialized in working with small businesses.